Panaji: The Aam Admi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the local election officials of rigging the election process by providing a symbol to a rival candidate which it said resembled the party`s `broom` symbol.
The name and symbol of AAP`s Dattaram Desai on the Electronic Voting Machines in the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency was followed by Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) candidate Raju D`Souza`s name, and his symbol of `battery torch` with rays of light.
AAP Goa chief Walmiki Naik, in a complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer, said this confused the voters in North Goa constituency, and therefore there should be a re-election.
The elections to both the parliamentary seats in Goa were held today.
Naik said the symbol `battery torch with rays` had been withdrawn in Delhi elections, but it was allowed here.
Naik`s application asked election officials "to determine if the unauthorised inclusion of rays (in SJP`s symbol) was done intentionally to confuse the voters.
Chief Electoral Officer Keshav Chandra was not available immediately for comments on the issue.
